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From: "Bob Harrison" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Small cells.


> It is my hypothesis that high desert  temperatures and lack of water for
> evaporation provide a form of natural varroa control at a time of year
> when
> varroa population would normally be on the rise.
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Bob,
    Then why doesn't someone place a few standard size cell hives along side
the small cell ones? And place a few small cell hives alongside the more
standard size in a different climate? Seems the results would be quite
telling , I think there are some fairly simple experiments that could be run
that would answer some of these questions? Isn't a big part of the problem
initiative and action?

Alden Marshall
B-Line Apiaries
Hudson, NH  03051

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